Herbert Matis & Jaroslav Patek 
Economic Change and the National Question in Twentieth-Century Europe [PDF ebook] 

For centuries, classical scholars have intensely debated the ‘position of women’ in classical Athens. Did women have a vast but informal power, or were they little better than slaves? Using methods d …

Presenting a wide range of relevant, translated texts on death, burial and commemoration in the Roman world, this book is organized thematically and supported by discussion of recent scholarship. The …

This is the first serious history of merchant banking, based on the archives of the leading houses and the records of their activities throughout the world. It combines scholarly insight with readabi …

Debates about military influence on civilian government tend to be partisan and rarely pay sufficient attention to specific contexts. This paper analyses, without condemnation or justification, why a …

In defining Action Directe”s mixture of millenarianism, workerism and nihilism, this study explains why the group turned to a strategy of murderous strikes and how a revolutionary political faction …

Originally published between 1920-70, The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a formative time within the social sciences, and during a p …

The boom in tourism to and within China is quite a recent phenomenon. China is now among the leading international tourist destinations, and demand for domestic tourism is rapidly increasing. This st …

The involvement of Vichy France with Nazi Germany”s anti-Jewish policy has long been a source of debate and contention. At a time when France, after decades of denial, has finally acknowledged respo …

Women Workers and Gender Identities, 1835 – 1913 examines the experiences of women workers in the cotton and small metals industries and the discourses surrounding their labour. It demonstrates how i …

The Uniting of Europe provides an accessible introduction to the history of European integration and places European unification within a wider political and economic context The book shows how insti …